Period-Era Fiction! Really Good Ones! No Pocket Spaces, They’re Too Unrealistic! 年代文！巨好看的那种！不能有空间，空间太假了！

1. 851 范 The Rise and Fall of Boss Fan 范老板的沉浮人生 Liu Ningduochang刘宁多昌Modern Romance736k WordsCompleted This story follows 1980s entrepreneur Fan Chenhui through the ups and downs of the business world in Shenzhen. It explores real-world issues including financial crises, family conflicts, workplace rivalries, and tangled relationships, portraying human nature and the changes of the times in vivid detail. 85Reads8.2Score—Shelves

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   These two purely historical novels are worth reading!

2. 852 稻 When the Rice Flowers Bloom 稻香花开 Liu Ningduochang刘宁多昌Modern Romance368k WordsCompleted The novel follows the hardships endured by farmers in two villages in Xiangnan County, Dongyuantun and Da’ai Village, from the Republican era through the founding of the People’s Republic of China and on through the people’s commune system, the Cultural Revolution, the household responsibility system, and the Reform and Opening-Up period. The villagers endure one hardship after another and witness the changing times. The protagonists, Zhang Yiping and Zhou Xueyun, are forced to leave school beca 214Reads8.1Score—Shelves
3. 853 我 I'm Good! Please Don't Hurt Me! 我很乖！请你不要来伤害！ Liu Li Fei Cheng刘李菲程Modern Romance690k WordsOngoing [Contemporary fiction] [Ensemble of women] [Scheming] [Red and Black] [Playing dumb while taking down enemies] [Clear-eyed heroine] A must-read for anyone born in the seventies, eighties, or nineties! This is a northern take on The Red and the Black, set in a glittering world of fame and fortune where everyone wears a false mask. The heroine seems sweet and obedient on the surface, but she sees things more clearly than anyone! She can live without love, but not without money! She can put up with 69Reads8.8Score—Shelves

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   Based on real events!! Great reality

4. 854 逆 A City Romance Between a Top Student and a Sales Goddess 逆袭学霸和销售女神都市情缘 Bright Sunny Day灿烂晴天Modern Romance18k WordsCompleted A City Romance Between a Comeback Scholar and a Sales Goddess 90Reads—Score—Shelves

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   In the first book, the female protagonist graduated from the Normal School in the 1990s and gave up her assigned job to work south. The male protagonist also gave up his job in his hometown and went south to work. Two people create a future together.

5. 855 韩 Han Caiyi’s Journey of Ten Thousand Miles 韩彩依万里路 Bright Sunny Day灿烂晴天Marriage & Romance27k WordsCompleted Han Caiyi's Journey of Ten Thousand Miles 73Reads—Score—Shelves
6. 856 重 Reborn in 1985: Every County Resident Gives Me a Dime a Day 重生八五：全县每人每天给我一毛 Shuangmu Feilin双目非林Urban155k WordsOngoing Reborn in rundown Huaihai County, Ma Yunfei binds himself to the "County Revitalization System" Every permanent resident in the county gives him ten cents a day! With 600,000 people, that's 60,000 yuan a day and 1.8 million yuan a month! But the System has one condition: the more people there are, the more money he earns. If they all leave, he gets nothing. Officials from the nine neighboring counties come running to learn from him: "Boss Ma, what's your secret to attracting investment?" Ma Yunf 1Reads—Score—Shelves

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   Come back after rebirth to make money and vigorously develop business

7. 857 六 The Whole Family Is Blessed: Sent Down to the Countryside in the 1960s 六零之全家福星下乡了 Xinxin Loves to Eat What鑫鑫爱吃什么Modern Romance119k WordsCompleted Lin Manyue transmigrated into the 1960s as the pampered darling of her whole family. Sent to the countryside? She was in! Suffering and hardship? Not a chance. On her first day in the countryside, she bound herself to the [Good Fortune Mall System]. While everyone else gnawed on coarse corn buns, she ate braised pork. While everyone else shivered from the cold, she wore a military overcoat. While everyone else cried because they missed home, parcels kept arriving from her family, one after anoth 16Reads—Score—Shelves

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   There is no space for either of these

8. 858 八 The 1980s Plus-Size Wife Becomes a Factory Boss 八零肥妻翻身小厂长 Xinxin Loves to Eat What鑫鑫爱吃什么Modern Romance218k WordsOngoing On the first day of her rebirth, she tore up her engagement contract in front of everyone, shocking the whole village. The scumbag who had ruined her in her previous life knelt and begged for mercy. She sneered. "This is only the beginning." She thought she'd spend this life making money and nothing else. Who knew the cold-faced military officer would come to her door and say, "The organization has approved it. I'll marry you." She raised an eyebrow. "I only want to be an entrepreneur." He offer —Reads—Score—Shelves
9. 859 流 A Shooting Star Streaks By, Leaving Traces on the Years 流星划过，岁月有痕 Amber Aurora琥珀色北极光Modern Romance168k WordsCompleted This is a powerful work that deeply portrays the intertwined paths of growth for the post-80s generation and the changes of the times. The story follows its protagonist, Zhao Fei, from his green and innocent days in middle school, through the passionate years of university, and into the struggles and discoveries of life after graduation. It delicately depicts how Zhao Fei and his generation search for themselves and realize their worth amid the currents of the times, while also reflecting the sw 1Reads—Score—Shelves

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   This is a masterpiece that profoundly depicts the intertwining growth trajectory of the generation born in the 1980s and the changes of the times. The protagonist of the story, Zhao Fei, goes from being ignorant in middle school to his passionate college years, until he enters the society and struggles and explores. It depicts how Zhao Fei's generation finds himself and realizes value in the tide of the times. It also reflects the great changes in China's politics, economy, culture and other aspects in the past thirty years. This is a story about dreams, struggle, love and sacrifice, and an affectionate look back at the past years. In the stories of Zhao Fei and others who laugh and cry, everyone can find their own shadow and feel the era that the post-80s generation experienced.

10. 860 玉 Sister-in-Law Yufen Is Reborn and on a Rampage! Her Wicked Kids Beg for Mercy! 玉芬嫂重生杀疯了！逆子逆女跪！ Good Luck, Jiajia One好运珈珈一Modern Romance379k WordsOngoing [A Lifelong Journey + Romance of Our Parents + The Ordinary World + Silver-Haired Literature + No Pocket Dimension, No System] Alternate title: Yufen, your big brother loves you and isn’t afraid you’ve been married before! In her previous life, Niu Yufen’s life became a colossal joke. Her eldest son forced her to sell her iron rice bowl to buy him a house, then took the money and disowned her; her eldest daughter was beaten to death by her husband; her youngest son lost his life because of a 7Reads6.3Score—Shelves

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    Go, go, go, I like this book very much, the plot is clever but not ink, and the writing is also very online!

11. 861 硬 Tough Mother-in-Law: Earning Foreign Currency With One Hand, Charming the Commander With the Other 硬核婆婆：左手赚外汇右手撩首长 Good Luck, Jiajia One好运珈珈一Modern Romance1.3M WordsCompleted (Life at Home and Beyond + Gourmet Restaurant + Island Version of a Parents' Love Story + Silver-Haired Fiction + No Pocket Dimension + No System + Family Life + Raising Kids) Chen Xianglan is a country mother-in-law who can turn every inch of barren soil into gold. The skills she's spent her whole life mastering are all “unorthodox”: breeding pigs, helping with childbirth, farming, making sauces, choosing auspicious dates, reading the weather, and cooking food so delicious it could make the imm 19.1kReads8.6Score1.1kShelves
12. 862 民 Bandit Village in the Republic of China 民国土匪村 Uncle Li of the Island Reef海岛礁的黎叔Urban2.1M WordsCompleted Period-drama fans, come take a look! (Not a wish-fulfillment story, no ghosts or gods, no System.) It covers romance, household intrigue, bandits, fierce resistance against the Japanese, fleeing famine, and the lives of educated youths. Everyone who’s read it says it’s great! Hei Niu and Xiu Zhen could have lived happily together, but because Xiu Zhen was so beautiful, bandits set their sights on her. By then, Hei Niu had become the chief steward of the Huang family estate. He learned that ban 3.8kReads8.1Score412Shelves

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    This is a book that looks back on those difficult years

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